The idea of an emergency basic income during COVID-19 is gaining momentum across Canada.
Today, Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the New Democratic Party, joined a long list of people calling for a universal basic income to assist Canadians during the coronavirus pandemic.
Even conservatives are championing the policy idea. Ken Boessenkool, a former senior advisor to Stephen Harper has been advocating strongly for a crisis basic income. “While it pains me as a conservative to suggest this,” he writes “the government should consider adding another $27-billion dollar expenditure for a Crisis Basic Income.”Bob Rae, the former leader of the Liberal […]
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